This just about sums it up for me, but we must add how confused Leonard looked against Hearns. A complete welterweight does not lose 10 of the...
No question whatsoever. Lewis would have crushed Dempsey.
This pretty much says it all.
There are exceptions. Benny Leonard is definitely one of them. I am including Ross, Canzoneri and the like in the late 1930s. It seems the...
Yes he did. It also should be said that Basilio was two time welterweight champion and a tough little SOB. Robinson was a welterweight fighting...
Did you ever stop to recall - or learn - that Robinson was pushing 40 years of age and a veteran over 100 fights when he met Basilio?
The jabs were different, so it's hard to say which was better. Liston's was more powerful, but Homes sharper.
I think some of you have an exaggerated opinion of Jack Dempsey. Scratch that: I know you do.
People have Dempsey tied with and even above Louis in their rankings. Joe Louis would slaughter Jack Dempsey.
Joe Louis is black because in America any black ancestry makes you black. I think Joe was lighter because his mother or some close relative was...
Hagler. The man was a tank. Never stopped. Never quit. Never knocked off his feet. He was hit right on the button by two of the biggest...
I have always felt that boxing was prime from the late 1930s through the mid 1980s.
Great post.
Damn hard fight to pick. But based on how overwhelmed Liston was by Ali I lean towards Holmes. Of course Holmes wasn't Ali. But Holmes...
If what you say is true then we would see lists like this: "Best brown-haired boxers?" "Best boxers with 2,000 or more freckles?" "Best boxers...
